Definition of amenity
amenities
1 : something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment hotels with modern amenities providing residents with the basic amenities
2 usually amenities : something (such as a conventional social gesture) that promotes smoothness or pleasantness in social relationships maintaining social amenities
3a : the quality of being pleasant or agreeableb (1) : the attractiveness and value of real estate or of a residential structure (2) : a feature conducive to such attractiveness and value
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Examples of amenity in a Sentence
The hotel has every amenity you could want.
an unhappy, bickering couple who, at least in public, observe all the amenities of polite behavior
Recent Examples of amenity from the Web
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And unlike the old wing, all of the new building’s 368 rooms will be single occupancy, a crucial amenity for hospitals competing to attract elite patients from across the United States and overseas.
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As an amenity, school facilities blur the distinction between private and public, intimate and communal.
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In addition to its historic metrics on range and price, the Bolt handles well, accelerates easily, and offers plenty of space and amenities in its bubbly cockpit.
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Magistrates appointed to the courts in many of the provinces and other judiciary personnel often choose to remain in Bangui because of insecurity and a lack of amenities for their work and welfare.
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At the same time, customers get the kind of amenities the bigger banks offer - online banking, remote deposit capture and other services.
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Part of the reason lay in the perverse economic competition between different schools, which offered a host of new student services and amenities in order to attract more paying customers.
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The Park District had been planning to create a new Skokie Sports Park East with lighted ball fields and other amenities near Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard, officials said.
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The original plan, as revealed in February 2015, called for the snack bar, fine dining and other amenities at the pavilion to be complete by Memorial Day of that year.
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Origin and Etymology of amenity
Middle English amenite, from Latin amoenitat-, amoenitas, from amoenus pleasant
First Known Use: 14th century
AMENITY Defined for English Language Learners
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: something that makes life easier or more pleasant
AMENITY Defined for Kids
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amenities
1 : the quality or characteristic of being pleasant or agreeable
2 amenities plural : something that makes life easier or more pleasant Our hotel has many amenities.
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